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757792

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Sub-letting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has received from sub-lets on its estate in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	8744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department did not receive any income from sub-lets on its estate in the period 2010-2016. During 2016-17, the Department received £20,000 from this source.</del></p><p><strong><ins class="ministerial">Details of how much my Department has received from sub-lets on its estate since 2010 are shown below:</ins></strong></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Financial Year</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Amount Received (£)</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010-11</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2011-12</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012-13</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">13,751</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014-15</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10,000</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2015-16</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10,000</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2016-17</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">30,000</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>63,751</strong></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 12/09/2017 15:42:43 question first ministerially corrected 10/10/2017 15:36:39 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 10910 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

805449

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2017 to Question HL3576, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen families.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	119120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It is our assessment that no legislation taken forward by the Northern Ireland Office since August 2014 has required the application of the Family Test by the UK Government.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government is committed to supporting families. To achieve this, in 2014 we introduced the Family Test, which aims to ensure that impacts on family relationships and functioning are recognised early on during the process of policy development and help inform the policy decisions made by Ministers. The Family Test was not designed to be a ‘tick-box’ exercise, and as such there is no requirement for departments to publish the results of assessments made under the Family Test.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Many of the policy areas linked to strengthening families in Northern Ireland are devolved matters. The UK Government is, though, helping families with the everyday cost of living by keeping taxes low, including taking 31,000 people in Northern Ireland out of paying income tax altogether (compared to 2015-16), freezing fuel duty for the eight successive year and increasing the National Living Wage again from April 2018, delivering a £600 annual pay-rise to full-time workers in Northern Ireland.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/12/2017 12:02:30 question first ministerially corrected 08/01/2018 10:27:28 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 32276 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

810331

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Voting Rights: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2017 to Question 119147, which events to mark the centenary of the suffrage movement in Northern Ireland are being organised by (a) his Department and (b) the Devolved Administration; and if he will publish the lead organiser for each such event.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	120797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>While my Department is not organising any specific events to mark the centenary of the suffrage movement in Northern Ireland, the UK’s official arts programme marking the centenary of the First World War, 14-18 NOW, is commissioning activity in Northern Ireland to commemorate the suffrage centenary.</p><p> </p><p>I understand the Department for Communities are taking the lead on behalf of the Devolved Administration to co-ordinate a programme to mark the centenary of the suffrage movement in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The honourable Lady may wish to contact both 14-18 NOW, and the Department for Communities, to find out more about their plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/01/2018 15:35:25 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

758822

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Tourism: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress he and the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport are making to attract more visitors to Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
	tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
	uin	9341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>Tourism is a devolved policy area, meaning that the Northern Ireland Executive has responsibility for the promotion and delivery of the tourism offer within Northern Ireland. Tourism Ireland is responsible for marketing the island of Ireland overseas.</p><p> </p><p>VisitBritain and Tourism Northern Ireland recently signed a partnership agreement where they will work together on specific projects to market Northern Ireland to visitors.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last decade, Northern Ireland has become a 'must-see' tourist destination, and we will continue to encourage visitors to come to experience the many wonderful sights and attractions it has to offer.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 15/09/2017 10:09:29 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

746936

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary on obtaining compensation from Libya for the UK victims of Gaddafi-sponsored IRA terrorism; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	2054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>I have every sympathy for the victims of terrorist violence, for which there could be no possible justification.<strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>My officials have been working closely with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in relation to the Government’s response to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee’s report on support for UK victims of IRA attacks that used Gaddafi-supplied semtex and weapons, published on 2 May 2017.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government intends to submit its response to the report after the summer recess. My officials will continue to engage closely with the FCO on this issue.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 06/07/2017 14:21:47 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

759924

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with political parties in Northern Ireland on the incidence of paramilitary activity.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	900736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The 2015 Fresh Start Agreement included a number of measures aimed at tackling paramilitary activity. While the Northern Ireland Civil Service continues to implement the Executive’s Paramilitary Action Plan, Executive ministers would be best placed to drive this work. This is another example of the importance of devolved government.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/09/2017 16:38:37 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

765357

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Social Services: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the provision of children's services across the border for young people in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	105502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government has consistently made clear our objective of maintaining as seamless and frictionless border as possible so that everyday movements across the border can continue as they do now. This is a desire shared with the EU and with Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>As agreed in the September negotiating round, we are working with the Commission Task Force to do some detailed joint scoping of the issues arising from North-South cooperation that will need to be addressed as part of the Northern Ireland and Ireland strand of the negotiations in the context of the UK's future relationship with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>This Conservative Government is getting on with the job of delivering a Brexit that works for everyone, including young people in Northern Ireland.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 16/10/2017 10:17:58 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

810317

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Schools: North Down
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to visit (a) schools with an integrated ethos and (b) other schools in North Down constituency in 2018; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	120783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office Ministerial team engaged with groups and individuals across a wide range of sectors, including integrated education, during 2017. I look forward to this engagement continuing in 2018. My Ministerial colleagues and I have also enjoyed a number of visits to the honourable Lady’s constituency of North Down.</p><p> </p><p>Our immediate focus, however, continues to be on working with the Northern Ireland political parties, and the Irish Government, to secure the restoration of inclusive, stable, devolved government in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/01/2018 15:32:45 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

731403

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Rape: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the duty to inform the police of a relevant offence contained in the provisions of NCC1, support for a child conceived without consent, on the safety of women and children in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	28
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text The Government does not consider that this policy will impact on the safety of women and children in Northern Ireland. Guidance states that women applying for the exception for non-consensual conception do not have to tell a third party the name of the other biological parent nor is there a requirement on the third party to seek any further evidence beyond confirming that the exception should apply. answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 05/07/2017 14:30:27 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

781333

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Public Appointments: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the effect on public appointments in Northern Ireland of not having a First Minister and Deputy First Minister acting jointly to make such appointments; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	110572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The responsibility for making public appointments to statutory bodies within Northern Ireland is determined by the founding legislation of each individual body. Where that responsibility lies with Northern Ireland Ministers and Departments, it remains a devolved responsibility.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 06/11/2017 12:26:41 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon